Harshit Rana and Varun Chakaravarthy Injury: Before the fourth T20 against England, Team India suffered two big setbacks. Fast bowler Harshit Rana and spinner Varun Chakraborty were out of the remaining two matches of the series. The fourth match is being played on 09 July (Thursday) at the County Ground in Bristol. Before the match, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) gave an update saying that both the players suffered hamstring injuries.

The third T20 of the series was played last Tuesday (07 July) at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, in which Harshit and Varun suffered hamstring injuries. Both the players are under the supervision of the medical team.

Giving an update, the board wrote, “Harshit Rana and Varun Chakraborty suffered hamstring injuries in the third T20 played at Trent Bridge. The BCCI medical team has examined them and ruled them out of the fourth and fifth T20.”

Harshit Rana and Varun Chakaravarthy sustained hamstring injuries in the third T20I against England at Trent Bridge. The BCCI Medical Team has assessed them and ruled them out of the 4th and 5th T20Is.#TeamIndia | #ENGvIND

— BCCI (@BCCI) July 9, 2026

In the fourth match, in place of both the players, fast bowler Prasidh Krishna and spin all-rounder Washington Sundar were made part of the playing 11. Captain Shreyas Iyer gave information about these changes at the time of toss.

This is the first time for the famous Krishna and Sundar in the England T20 series. Earlier, both the players were seen playing in the T20 series against Ireland.

India’s playing 11 in Bristol T20

Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer (captain), Tilak Verma, Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Prince Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna.

It is necessary for India to win the match to save the series

The first match of the T20 series was washed out due to rain. After this, England won the next two matches and took a 2-0 lead. Now to save the series, it will be necessary for India to win the fourth match. If England wins even today, India will lose the series. Now it will be interesting to see what the result of the match is.

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Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals Score: Rajasthan Royals, batting first, scored 155 runs. The spin bowlers of Kolkata Knight Riders wove such a web that RR batsmen could score only 60 runs in the last 10 overs. Especially Varun Chakraborty and Sunil Narine proved to be lethal, both of them together gave only 40 runs in 8 overs and took five wickets. Vaibhav Suryavanshi missed his fifty, he along with Yashasvi Jaiswal had given a good start to Rajasthan, yet the entire team could score only 155 runs.

8 overs, 40 runs and five wickets

These are the figures of Varun Chakraborty and Sunil Narine. Both of them together bowled 8 overs, in which they gave away only 40 runs and dismissed five batsmen. Chakraborty proved to be the most lethal, taking three wickets for only 14 runs in 4 overs. On the other hand, Sunil Narine dismissed two batsmen for 26 runs in a spell of 4 overs.

Kartik Tyagi’s magic

Fast bowler Karthik Tyagi also impressed. He gave 20 runs in the first three overs of his spell and could not take a single wicket. The 19th over of the innings proved to be very memorable for him and KKR. In this over, he took the wickets of Ravindra Jadeja (first ball), Shimron Hetmyer (third ball) and Ravi Bishnoi (fifth ball). This is the tenth time in IPL that a KKR bowler has taken three wickets in a single over.

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Vaibhav Suryavanshi missed fifty

Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal gave a good start to Rajasthan Royals, who came to bat first after winning the toss. Both made an opening partnership of 81 runs. Vaibhav scored 46 runs in 28 balls, on the other hand Jaiswal scored 39 runs in 29 balls. At one time the Rajasthan team had scored 95 runs in 10 overs at the loss of only one wicket. In the last 10 overs, RR team could score only 60 runs and lost 8 wickets.

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Even before the start of IPL 2026, there will be a worrying atmosphere in the camp of Kolkata Knight Riders, because fast bowlers are getting injured one after the other. Harshit Rana and Akashdeep have been out of the entire season due to injury, on the other hand, Mathisha Pathirana will not be able to play in the first few matches, hence Kolkata’s fast bowling department has faded.

Still, apart from captain Ajinkya Rahane, veteran spinner Sunil Narine, Varun Chakraborty, young enthusiasm is also present in the squad of 3-time champion KKR in the form of Angkrish Raghuvanshi. Cameron Green will also be the topic of discussion, on whom Kolkata Knight Riders spent Rs 25.2 crore in the auction. Know here how the playing eleven of Kolkata Knight Riders could look like without the 3 main fast bowlers.

KKR’s best playing eleven
This time, all eyes will be on New Zealand’s stormy batsman Finn Allen, who is coming after scoring the fastest century in the history of T20 World Cup. He scored a century in 33 balls. Captain Ajinkya Rahane can take the responsibility of opening with him, who scored 390 runs in IPL 2025 playing at a strike rate of around 148. Young batsman Angkrish Raghuvanshi has confirmed the number-3 position and has performed strongly in the last two seasons.

Australian all-rounder Cameron Green can come at number-4 and he can also bowl medium pace. In the absence of Harshit, Akashdeep and Pathirana, Green will have to take the responsibility of bowling. Here Rinku Singh will have to play the role of batting boldly in the middle overs rather than as a finisher. Rovman Powell and Ramandeep Singh will also have additional responsibility, like Cameron Green, they may have to bowl 2-3 overs in the innings.

There will be a lot of pressure on Sunil Narine and Varun Chakraborty as both of them will be the senior bowlers of the team. This season can give a breakthrough to Vaibhav Arora, who has taken 36 wickets in his IPL career, because he can emerge as the main fast bowler of the team. The same thing can be said for Karthik Tyagi, who may get a chance to play the entire season this time. If he gets a chance, he will have to capitalize on every opportunity.

KKR’s probable playing eleven: Finn Allen, Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Cameron Green, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora and Kartik Tyagi.

ICC T20 Rankings: After the T20 World Cup 2026, ICC has released the latest T20 International rankings. In the new rankings, many big changes have been seen in all three categories of batting, bowling and all-rounder. The special thing is that the dominance of Indian players is visible in both batting and bowling.

Abhishek Sharma on top in batting rankings

Abhishek Sharma has reached the first position in the latest ICC T20 batting rankings. He has 874 rating points in his account and due to his excellent form, he has left behind many big batsmen of the world.

At second place is Sahibzada Farhan, who has 848 rating points. Whereas England’s Phys Salt is at third place with 803 points. Indian wicketkeeper batsman Ishan Kishan has also been successful in making a place in the top-5. He is in fourth place with 783 rating points. Apart from this, Pathum Nissanka of Sri Lanka is at fifth position.

Other players from India are also included in the top-10. Tilak Verma is at sixth position and Suryakumar Yadav is at seventh position. Whereas South Africa’s Devold Brevis is at number 8. England’s Jos Buttler is at ninth place and New Zealand’s Tim Seifert is at 10th place.

Varun Chakraborty number 1 in bowling

Talking about bowling rankings, Indian spinner Varun Chakravarthy has become the world number 1 T20 bowler with 771 rating points. In second place is Afghanistan’s star spinner Rashid Khan, who has 753 points. Pakistan’s Abrar Ahmed has reached third place. South Africa’s Corbin Bosch is at fourth place, England’s experienced spinner Adil Rashid is at fifth place and Australia’s Adam Zampa is at sixth place.

Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is also included in the top-10 and he is at seventh position. His brilliant bowling also played an important role in Team India’s victory in the T20 World Cup.

Sikandar Raza tops all-rounder ranking

Zimbabwe’s star player Sikandar Raza is in first place in the all-rounder ranking and has 328 rating points. India’s star all-rounder Hardik Pandya is at second place with 284 points. Pakistan’s young player Saim Ayub is in third place. Apart from this, India’s Shivam Dubey is also included in the list of top-10 all-rounders and he is at number nine.

Indian players showed dominance

The strong presence of Indian players is clearly visible in the new ICC T20 rankings. Many players of India are included in the top-10 in all three categories of batting, bowling and all-rounder, which shows the current strong position of the team.

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Varun Chakaravarthy Playing 11: Whether Varun Chakraborty will play in the final match or not remains a big question. In the semi-final against England, he gave away 64 runs in 4 overs. These figures are being discussed all over the world. For this reason the demand for not playing him in the final match has gained momentum. But what is the latest update on whether Chakraborty will be included in the final-11 or not?

In the press conference held before the final match, when captain Suryakumar Yadav was asked whether Varun Chakraborty would be a part of the playing eleven or not. On this he said that the management is not worried about Chakraborty’s form and the team has full confidence in him. This statement of Surya was indicating that Chakraborty will be a part of the playing eleven in the final match also.

Meanwhile, a fresh update has come out. Usually, whenever there is a training session, Varun Chakraborty is one of the first players to come to the field for practice. But when Team India came to practice at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad before the final match, Varun Chakraborty stood behind and the rest of the players were practicing.

Another surprising thing was that Kuldeep Yadav was one of the first players who came to the nets to practice early. This has indicated somewhere that Kuldeep can be considered for inclusion in the playing eleven.

Varun Chakraborty has proved to be very expensive in the last matches. A total of 186 runs have been given away in the last 4 matches of the World Cup. Before that, in the first 4 matches of the World Cup, he had taken 9 wickets while bowling tightly. Let us tell you that Chakraborty has taken 13 wickets in the tournament so far and is the highest wicket taker for India in the T20 World Cup 2026.

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T20 World Cup Final India Playing 11: The Indian cricket team has reached the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup for the second consecutive time. On Sunday, Team India defeated England by 7 runs in the semi-finals. Sanju Samson is in excellent form, has played two consecutive half-century innings, from Jasprit Bumrah to Shivam Dubey and Hardik Pandya have also played their respective contributions well.

Now if India wants to create history by becoming champion for the second consecutive time, then it will have to overcome the challenge of New Zealand on March 8. But before the title clash, many shortcomings of Team India have been exposed to the world, due to which changes in India’s playing eleven are possible. Know here how Team India’s playing eleven may look in the final match against New Zealand.

Will Varun Chakraborty be out?

Especially Varun Chakraborty is the target of critics, who gave away 64 runs in 4 overs in the semi-final against England. In the last four matches, he has taken wickets but has also been beaten badly. Washington Sundar can be seen as a spin bowling option and replacement for Chakraborty, but Team India management will hardly leave him out of the playing eleven. The fact cannot be forgotten that Chakraborty is currently the bowler taking the most wickets (13) for India in the tournament.

On the other hand, the management has continuously shown confidence in Abhishek Sharma and he will definitely get a chance in the finals as well. On the other hand, Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan remain the backbone of Indian batting. In the middle order, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dubey have played short but important innings continuously. There is little hope of any change in the bowling line-up. Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya will be the three fast bowling options, while Varun Chakraborty and Axar Patel can be seen handling the spin.

India’s probable playing eleven in the final: Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shivam Dubey, Hardik Pandya, Tilak Verma, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakraborty.

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India T20 World Cup 2026: When South Africa defeated India by 76 runs in the Super-8 match, voices started rising that Team India would not be able to go to the semi-finals. But Suryakumar Yadav and his army proved their critics wrong by winning the next two matches. Now on March 5, the Indian team has to face England in the semi-finals.

The India vs England semi-final match will be played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. This is the sixth time that Team India has reached the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup, but the 2026 title seems to be slipping from the hands of the Indian camp. Three big reasons have come to light, which are pointing towards India not winning the title of T20 World Cup 2026.

Where has the real Abhishek Sharma disappeared?

21 innings, 859 runs, an average of around 43 and a stormy strike rate of 193.5. These are the figures of Abhishek Sharma in T20 for the year 2025. Even in the year 2026, Abhishek had scored 2 half-centuries in the first three innings, but what suddenly happened to him in the T20 World Cup. Only 80 runs in 5 innings of World Cup. The Indian team is obviously missing the old Abhishek Sharma, who used to put India in a position to win the match by destroying the bowlers in the power play itself.

Did everyone know Varun Chakraborty’s ‘mystery’?

‘Mystery’ spinner Varun Chakraborty is no longer a mystery. We are not saying this but the figures show something similar. In the Super-8 matches of the T20 World Cup, Chakraborty bowled a total of 12 overs, in which he gave away 122 runs. He gave away more than 40 runs against South Africa and West Indies. Chakraborty was considered a trump card of Team India, but the continuously worsening economy rate is increasing the worries of Team India.

Single performance will not lead to victory

If we talk about the Super-8 match against West Indies, Sanju Samson’s fighting inning of 97 runs led Team India to victory. In this match, big stars like Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma also flopped. Whereas against South Africa, apart from Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh, no one played, the batting was a complete flop.

If Ishan Kishan had not scored 70 runs against Pakistan, it would have been difficult for the Indian team to score even 150. In most of the matches, one or two players made a big contribution to the victory, while the rest were flops. The team that is a strong contender to become the champion should be such that when one player flops, the other takes the responsibility.

Batting first, West Indies has scored 195 runs. This is the fourth highest score made at the Eden Gardens ground in international T20 cricket. If the Indian team wants to reach the semi-finals, then the biggest run chase of T20 will have to be done on this ground. In this match being played in Kolkata, India won the toss and chose bowling. Indian bowlers were thrashed in the death overs as the Caribbean batsmen scored 75 runs in the last 30 balls.

India will have to do the biggest run chase

The biggest run chase in international T20 cricket at Eden Gardens, Kolkata is only 158 runs. The biggest run chase here is in the name of India only, which had achieved the target of 158 against West Indies. These figures have become a problem for Team India. When even 160 has never been chased here, in today’s match Team India has to chase the target of 36 more runs than that.

When the West Indies team came to bat first, Shai Hope and Roston Chase gave the team a slow but steady start. Both of them made a partnership of 68 runs for the first wicket, which was broken by Varun Chakraborty. At one time the West Indies team was able to score only 69 runs in 9 overs.

126 made in last 11 overs

While 69 runs were scored in the first 9 overs, West Indies added 126 runs in the next 11 overs. Especially in the last 5 overs, Jason Holder and Rovman Powell created havoc and made a partnership of 76 runs in 35 balls. West Indies scored 75 runs in the last 5 overs. Holder scored 37 runs in 22 balls and Powell scored 34 runs in 19 balls.

Almost all the bowlers from the Indian team were beaten. Jasprit Bumrah took 2 wickets, while Varun Chakraborty and Hardik Pandya took one wicket each.

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ICC Released The Latest T20 International Rankings: ICC has released the latest rankings amid the high-voltage matches of Super-8 in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, in which once again the tremendous dominance of Indian players has been seen. In the latest T20 International rankings released by ICC, Indian mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty has retained his position as the number-1 bowler, while South Africa’s Corbin Bosch and West Indies’ Matthew Ford have surprised everyone by taking a quantum leap.

Jasprit Bumrah took a long jump

Team India’s star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah had bowled lethally in the Super-8 match against South Africa in the T20 World Cup 2026. He has received a reward for this brilliant performance. By jumping 7 places in the ICC rankings, Bumrah has now become the eighth ranked T20 bowler in the world. The dominance of spinners is clearly visible in the latest T20 International bowling rankings, because 7 out of the top-10 players belong to spin bowling.

Spinners dominate the latest T20 International rankings

Team India’s mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty has retained his position as the number-1 bowler in the latest T20 International rankings released by ICC. Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan remains at the second position, while South Africa’s Corbin Bosch has jumped a record 21 places to reach the third position. Adil Rashid of England has slipped to fourth place and Abrar Ahmed of Pakistan has slipped two places to fifth place. Australia’s Adam Zampa has improved by two places to sixth place and West Indies’ Matthew Ford has jumped 23 places to seventh place. Mustafizur Rahman of Bangladesh has reached ninth position and Wanindu Hasaranga of Sri Lanka has reached tenth position with a loss of four places.

Abhishek Sharma still on number-1

Talking about batting in the latest ICC T20 International rankings, Team India’s star opener Abhishek Sharma has retained the position of number-1 batsman. Phil Salt of England has come second and Sahibzada Farhan of Pakistan has jumped two places to third place. Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka is stuck at fourth position, while Indian wicketkeeper batsman Ishan Kishan has moved up three places to reach fifth position. Team India captain Suryakumar Yadav is currently at sixth position. However, Tilak Verma has suffered the brunt of his poor form and has slipped three places to seventh position.

David Miller Said On Neutralizing Varun Chakravarthy: Talking about the South African team’s strategy to neutralize spinner Varun Chakraborty in the T20 World Cup Super Eight match against India, aggressive batsman David Miller said that all it needed was a calm mind, limited movement and strong determination. South Africa defeated India by 76 runs in this important match on Sunday, 22 February. The in-form Chakraborty was considered to be India’s ‘trumpcard’, but he gave away 47 runs in four overs. Miller (63 runs in 35 balls) and Dewald Brewis (45 runs in 29 balls) thrashed his balls fiercely.

David Miller gave statement on Varun Chakraborty

David Miller told reporters after the match, ‘I think it’s about making sure that if Varun Chakravarthy bowls a bad ball, we can play it away. The ball was not spinning much so this was the right strategy. He further said, ‘Once again we felt that it is necessary to put pressure on him, because he proves to be a threat to every opposing team. We had discussed this.

David Miller said on defeating Team India

David Miller said about his innings that he followed ‘the basics’ which has led to his success so far. He said, ‘This was to ensure that you stick to simple things and the basics of your preparation. This was my intention. My breathing, running between the wickets, limited movement, these are all small things, but I focus on them. Regarding this victory he said, ‘India can be defeated. The Indian team is excellent, but we want to ensure in a tournament like this that we focus on the simple things and do not lose sight of the target. Our team is very mature and we have played a lot of cricket together.